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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight, The Fourth Image: The Fourth Picture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Chapter One: Building the Palace", to what religious order did Matteo Ricci belong?
(a) The Jesuits.
(b) The Benedictines.
(c) The Masons.
(d) The Franciscans.

2. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, what was wrong with the science taught to the Chinese?
(a) It focused on outdated principles.
(b) It disregarded Western discoveries and advances.
(c) It led to many disasters to the environment.
(d) It lacked fundamental principles.

3. What did the fourth ideograph, "hao," represent in the Chinese language during the 16th century?
(a) Chastity.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Goodness.

4. When Ricci divided the fourth ideograph, "hao," what was the new meaning?
(a) "Woman" and "girl" created a reference to Mary's virginity.
(b) "Man," "woman," and "child" created a reference to the Holy Family.
(c) "Woman" and "child" created a reference to the Virgin Mary.
(d) "Man" and "woman" created a reference to the marriage of Mary and Joseph.

5. According to "Chapter Four, The Second Image: The Huihui", what concerned some Jesuits, including Ricci?
(a) The Renaissance.
(b) The Inquisition.
(c) The Reformation.
(d) The Counter-Reformation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Ricci was a missionary in 16th century China, who was thought to have engaged in sexual misconduct while in China?

2. According to "Chapter Three, the First Picture: The Apostle in the Waves", why did Ricci alter the original Biblical story?

3. When Ricci became a missionary in China during the 16th century, who was the scholar from Shanghai that converted to Christianity?

4. What was the new image of the idiograph of "wu"?

5. Where did Ricci place the new picture of the fourth idiograph "hao" in the Memory Palace?

(see the answer key)

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